Baby Factory

  Reminiscing...Fabella Hospital...the baby factory

Lately Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital was in the frontline

because of mercury spillage in their  stockroom.

Im glad it was contained already but am amazed  how the 

news described the hospital as "baby factory".

Suddenly I began to reminish my good old days in this hospital.

I spent my four year residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology in this institution.

I can't imagine I survived four years of sleepless nights during our duties every four days.

I think my energy were all exhausted during those days.

1994 First Yr. OBGYN resident

picture taken from Fabella FB group..tnx!

But I also have fond memories of my stay there.

Having my training under the tutelage of the best OB GYN in the country...

Having acquianted and became friends with my consultants, co residents and staff. 

and last but not the least having  met my husband there.

We usually deliver morethan 100 babies  on our 24 hour duty.

Hectic schedules,  irregular meals and toxic duties were our typical routine.

Everyday is always stressful esp. during our morning endorsement conference as

we don't know if any of our patient develop problems during the night or

a consultant would castigate  us on how we managed our patient.

Though there were long lines of patient during the consultations

the bonding we developed among our team mates grew stronger.

together we helped each other survived the residency program.

despite the unwholesome schedule we had,  we were able to sneak out to nearby
Tutuban mall in Divisoria or Zurbaran...

despite the meager salary we received those days,  we were able to  eat out at fancy restaurants
when we grew tired of eating at Jojo's eatery nearby.

Forever my husband and I would be grateful to this institution.

during Ricky's residency graduation 1998

It nourished our minds and developed our skills to be competent in our

chosen career.

Long have been gone but the friendship we gained 

we treasure to this day.

Fabella would always be my  family.

Like mother like daughter

If there's one thing that I look forward every Sunday then it has to be a date with my mom.

I have to forgo my early morning  run to be with her at our newly discovered place.

Our weekend is not complete without a visit to Sidcor market in Quezon City .

Its a day market that sells all kinds of stuff from wet to dry goods but our favorite area is 

the "plant" section where they offer different variety from ornamental plants

to fruit bearing trees...to pots and organic composts.

We go there early in the morning so as to catch the "early worm..."

rather "best choices"...

My mom is a plant lover all her life and now i am also a plant enthusiast like he

Together we find delight in looking at the beauty and uniqueness of each plant.

we choose, haggle and buy plants that catch our fancy.

our day  is capped with our favorite breakfast of lugaw with tokwa't baboy, guinatan and 

inengs barbeque with rice.  then we shop for more plants till the heat of the sun reminds us that its time to go home.

i think my mom is getting healthier and she has something to look forward to every weekend  and she's enjoying every minute of our time there.

with Tito Odie n Tita Nora "our new recruit"

and i feel the same. its a great way for me to destress from our busy lives.

just looking  at the plants calms my senses and clears my mind.

it's also  wonderful  to have a special time with my mother.

getting to do the things we both like  is one of life's blessing.

our loot for the day!

though i am a mother myself but being with her makes me feel special  and young 

because

i'll forever be her daughter!